Watanabe rabbits with heritable hypercholesterolaemia: A model of atherosclerosis

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 797-817

  Aliev, G ^a   Burnstock, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aorta; Atherosclerosis; Endothelium; Morphology; Watanabe heritable hyperlipidaemic rabbits

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOTHELIUM; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; GENE MUTATION; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; LIPID METABOLISM; RABBITS; RATS;

ANIMALIA; GOES; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031816596     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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